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It is used to describe the intense feelings that arise within a person, whether in the context of compassion, longing, or even anger. The term suggests an internal movement or stirring that prompts a response.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, emotions were often described in terms of physical sensations, such as warmth or stirring within the body. The heart and inward parts were seen as the seat of emotions. The verb "kamar" reflects this understanding, as it describes the internal emotional responses that drive human actions. Compassion and yearning were highly valued in the communal and familial settings of ancient Israel, where relationships and kinship were central to societal structure.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>become as hot (1), deeply* (1), kindled (1), stirred (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">כָּמַר</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Niph`al</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>grow warm and tender, be or grow hot</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em> Pi`el <em>heat</em> fruit in the ground, making it ripe, over-ripe, tender; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">כְּמַר</font> <em>id.</em>, and more Generally <em>make warm</em> (one's flesh, or food); compare <em>kemr, fermentation</em>, etc., in modern Syria Wetzst<sup>ZPV xiv (1891), 6</sup>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural <font class="hebrew2">נִכְמְרוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/43-30.htm">Genesis 43:30</a> 2t., <font class="hebrew2">נִכְמָ֑רוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>grow warm</em> and <em>tender</em>, figurative, subject <font class="hebrew2">רחמים</font>; <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/43-30.htm">Genesis 43:30</a> (J), so <font class="hebrew2">רַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">נ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/3-26.htm">1 Kings 3:26</a>; (<font class="hebrew2">רַחֲמָ֑י</font> We) <font class="hebrew2">נִחוּמָ֑י</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">יַחַד נ</font> <a href="/interlinear/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">עָלַי לִבִּינֶהְמַּךְ</font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>be</em> or <em>grow hot</em>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עוֺרֵנוּ כְתַנּוּר נ</font><font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִמְּנֵי וגו</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a> <em>our skin has become hot like a furnace</em>, because of the famine. <p>II. <font class="hebrew2">כמר</font> (? √ of following; compare Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048504.gif"> <em>black, dark</em>, usually <em>gloomy, sad</em>; <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048505.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048506.gif"> <em>be sad</em>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be black, be kindled, yearn <p>A primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity) -- be black, be kindled, yearn. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>נִכְמְר֣וּ נִכְמְר֤וּ נִכְמְר֥וּ נִכְמָ֔רוּ נכמרו nichMaru nichmeRu niḵ·mā·rū niḵ·mə·rū niḵmārū niḵmərū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/43-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 43:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/43.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּֽי־ <b> נִכְמְר֤וּ </b> רַחֲמָיו֙ אֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/43.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [out] for he was deeply <span class="itali">stirred</span> over<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/43.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for his bowels <span class="itali">did yearn</span> upon his brother:<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/43-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Joseph for <span class="itali">stirred</span> was deeply over<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/3-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 3:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ כִּֽי־ <b> נִכְמְר֣וּ </b> רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for she was deeply <span class="itali"> stirred</span> over<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for her bowels <span class="itali">yearned</span> upon her son,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/3-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the king for <span class="itali">stirred</span> her bowels over<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 5:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר <b> נִכְמָ֔רוּ </b> מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Our skin <span class="itali">has become as hot</span> as an oven,<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Our skin <span class="itali">was black</span> like an oven<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> our skin an oven <span class="itali">has become</span> because of the burning<p><b><a href="/text/hosea/11-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 11:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לִבִּ֔י יַ֖חַד <b> נִכְמְר֥וּ </b> נִחוּמָֽי׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Me, All My compassions <span class="itali">are kindled.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> within me, my repentings <span class="itali">are kindled</span> together.<br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/11-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> care for All <span class="itali">are kindled</span> my compassions<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3648.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3648.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3648<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/nichmaru_3648.htm">niḵ·mā·rū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nichmeru_3648.htm">niḵ·mə·rū — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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